LCGB president Patrick Dury argued in his 1 May speech that health concerns should under no circumstances be sidelined in this crucial phase of the national exit plan. Dury delivered his speech via online stream. The president of the LCGB union underlined that each employee should get tested for coronavirus before resuming work.
The right to financial benefits is currently granted for a total limit of 78 weeks (up from 52) if work incapacity exists. “It is inconceivable that we need a crisis like this to show to the minister in charge that such a limit repeatedly causes situations in which severely ill people have to worry about their financial existence,” Dury argued.
The LCGB president explained that officials recently checked the sickness benefits claims of 100 people and eventually extended the temporary limit for them. Another 30 claims are reportedly being closely monitored. “These are no singular instances. The behaviour of the supervisors is simply cynical and cannot be justified,” Dury deplored.
The trade union, Dury stressed, vehemently opposes the idea that the current crisis should unfold at the expense of employees worrying about their job and livelihood. Neither should social benefits be reduced nor taxes increased, the LCGB president concluded.
1 May marks the International Worker’s Day.
